It's been awhile but I've finally remembered how/why I ended up with the games I got for my birthday. It probably something I shouldn't be to worried about but still, not remember the last half of feburary is still concerning. With that said here we go!

I wanted to get Fallout: New Vegas since it's announcement but I decided to hold off from a "GOTY" edition, much like I did with Fallout 3. Waiting ended being a good move upon hearing how glitchy the game was one day one. I opted for the PS3 version of the "Ulitmate Edition" since I had Fallout 3 for PS3, plus I like to keep a constant theme going for that system. As for enjoying the game I'm a bit mixed about that. The game play is fun, expect for certain events where the games freezes for no reason or when the framerate starts to lag so much it renders playing certain areas unplayable. I like the refinements this version has to offer but I can't get much into it for fear constantly restarting a game due to the two issues I speak of.

After all theses years I've FINALLY had a chance to own COD4:MW and in all honesty, I can't see what's so great about it. The story is okay and it plays well but after two sittings I went back to playing other games. I did get a chance to try out the online multiplayer, and was glad I didn't spend the money for that game's map packs. The game sessions I kept joining were hacked like crazy! Super speed and insane jumping. I left those matches as soon as I joined them. Atleast there are no online only achieveables!

Bejeweled 3 w/Bejeweled Blitz Live feels like a game buy mistake. Not because the game doesn't deliver mind you. It has all the greatness that a bejeweled game you'd expect. It's just that I wouldn't have minded it if I ended up getting this game on XBLA. Normally I'm all fore buying a game as a physical copy at all times, but Bejeweled feels more like a DL game than anything else. I'm debating about seeing if I can sell the game for $20, then using that money to buy a 1600 point MS card just so I could buy Bejeweled 3 w/Bejeweled Blitz Live separately. Plus it makes it much easier for "teh wife" to pick up and play this title if it was just on the system.

Also not shown were some XBLA buys that were made during my late feburary blackout/early march revival. I bought two indie games Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves the world as well as Alan Wake's American Nightmare. Following those buys I took advantage of the Konami sale back in March for X-Men, (It's X-Men!), Castlevania: SOTN (My PS1 copy was dead) and both Zombie Apocalypse games. (I swear that one guy in the game is Jeremy from the web series Pure Pwnage!) Rounding out those buys was the DLC offering for Alan Wake: The Writer.

So as you can see I had alot to remember when it came to my birthday offerings. Let's see what comes of my next birthday. Hopefully it won't involve this poor kitty.

waiting is good

the only reason, besides my birthday, on why I payed full price for this game was the impression fallout 3 left me with. but upon playing I do not regret the buy. Yet Inwould've payed $30 given all I know now on the PS3 version.

COD is EA's excuse

to not keep servers up past their prime, the older COD games become nearly unplayable. (and not very enticing to return to) I got kicked from a game where I could'nt run and the 2nd match seemed like a bunch of people who did'nt really know what they were doing (me included?)

excuses, excuses...

It well could be, yet on the same note that still doesn't justify shutting down their servers only over a year of activity. I can understand some gamers sticking to what they like when it comes to online multiplayer (Halo 2 being a prime example), it just goes to show the flaws of releasing map packs. If these map packs were usable for console co-op/LAN I could see their usage.

When I tried out COD4:MW multiplayer with a friend, all the game modes we ran into had some form of hacking going on. And this was on Xbox Live.